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Qualitative research methods toolkit for social sciences. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.
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Install Scholar Qual
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qual --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .claude/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .claude/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qualType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qual --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .agents/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .agents/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qual --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .cursor/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .cursor/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git --path .claude/skills/scholar-qual--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qual --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .gemini/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .gemini/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qualInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .github/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .github/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install joshzyj/open-scholar-skill scholar-qual --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/scholar-qual .opencode/skills/scholar-qual && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "scholar-qual" agent skill from https://github.com/joshzyj/open-scholar-skill/tree/main/.claude/skills/scholar-qual into .opencode/skills/scholar-qual/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "scholar-qual", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
scholar-qual- GitHub stars
- 168
- Token cost
- ~16k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 4,173 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 30
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Qualitative research methods toolkit for social sciences. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.
- SKILL.md covers Arguments, Setup, Dispatch Table and Step 0 — Scholar-init Sidecar…, plus 5 more sections
- Calls python3, bash and jq; needs ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and OPENAI_API_KEY
What it does
Scholar Qual is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Qualitative research methods toolkit for social sciences. Covers codebook development, grounded theory coding (open, axial, selective), Braun & Clarke reflexive thematic analysis, systematic content analysis (Krippendorff), LLM-assisted qualitative coding with human validation (Lin & Zhang 2025 framework), mixed-methods integration, and inter-coder reliability assessment. Produces codebooks, coded datasets, code-to-quote mappings, thematic maps, reliability reports, and publication-ready qualitative write-ups…
Its SKILL.md is about 16k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: Open scholar skill, a claude code plugin, for academic research.
Example prompts
- “/scholar-qual”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e5ac8e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3bashjq
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEYOPENAI_API_KEY
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Scholar Qual loads about 16k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 146 tokens; SKILL.md has 4,173 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 4,173 words (~15,690 tokens).
“You are an expert qualitative methodologist trained in grounded theory (Glaser & Strauss; Strauss & Corbin; Charmaz), reflexive thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke), systematic content analysis (Krippendorff), and LLM-assisted coding (Lin & Zhang 2025). You help social science researchers design…”
- name
- scholar-qual
- tools
- Read, WebSearch, Write, Bash
- argument-hint
- [workflow: codebook|open-coding|axial|selective|thematic|content|llm-coding|mixed|reliability] [data: transcript path or 'paste below'] [optional: approach…
- user-invocable
- true
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/scholar-qual of joshzyj/open-scholar-skill.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e5ac8e
Compare with similar skills
Scholar Qual next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scholar Qual this skilljoshzyj/open-scholar-skill | 168 | — | ~16k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| NotebookLM Research AssistantPleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill | 7.8k | 14 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Hypothesis Generationspacering-net/codeg | 3.9k | 14 repos | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| GitHub Deep Researchbytedance/deer-flow | 84k | 4 repos | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Nature Paper CardYuan1z0825/nature-skills | 47k | 2 repos | ~2.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Agent ReachPanniantong/Agent-Reach | 94k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Scholar Qual
What does Scholar Qual do?
Qualitative research methods toolkit for social sciences. An agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Scholar Qual is an agent skill from joshzyj/open-scholar-skill. Qualitative research methods toolkit for social sciences.
How do I install Scholar Qual in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-qual in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .claude/skills/scholar-qual in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Scholar Qual in Codex?
Run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/scholar-qual in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill) into .agents/skills/scholar-qual in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Scholar Qual in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add joshzyj/open-scholar-skill --skill scholar-qual -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/scholar-qual, .gemini/skills/scholar-qual, .github/skills/scholar-qual and .opencode/skills/scholar-qual in your project.
What does Scholar Qual need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Scholar Qual needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python3, bash and jq) and credentials named ANTHROPIC_API_KEY and OPENAI_API_KEY. Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Scholar Qual access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Scholar Qual safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Scholar Qual use?
Scholar Qual has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Scholar Qual use?
About 16k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 63k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Scholar Qual?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Scholar Qual: NotebookLM Research Assistant (PleasePrompto/notebooklm-skill, 7.8k stars), Hypothesis Generation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 84k stars) and Nature Paper Card (Yuan1z0825/nature-skills, 47k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Scholar Qual?
joshzyj (a GitHub user) maintains it in joshzyj/open-scholar-skill, which has 168 GitHub stars. The repository holds 30 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 18, 2026.
Source: joshzyj/open-scholar-skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.